Vodafone and Coventry University have collaborated to open the UK’s first 5GSA Media Innovation Lab in Coventry. Broadcasters and other media companies, as well as the software development community, will be invited to the lab to develop 5G use cases for the media industry, working alongside Vodafone engineers and Coventry University academics.
The next generation connectivity environment will be powered by a 5G Standalone (5G SA) network. Originally deployed to in 2020 to enable healthcare students to take immersive, real-time AR and VR tours of the human body, Vodafone and Coventry University will now expand the remit of the platform to support digital transformation and 5G adoption within the media industry.
The 5G Standalone environment will offer lightning-fast download speeds, near-real time latency capabilities, and network slicing. The lab will support proof of concepts and allow development and testing of end-to-end solutions in a safe and configurable environment.
